Pa-so

Pa-so (died 645 AD) was a Goguryeo officer who commanded Yang Manchun's cavalry unit during the Goguryeo-Tang War. He took part in the Siege of Ansi alongside his lover, the crossbow commander Baek-ha, and he helped to repel several Chinese assaults. He later volunteered to lead a cavalry raid on Emperor Taizong of Tang's camp in an effort to kill the Chinese emperor and force the besiegers to retreat, but a Korean medium warned the Chinese about the ambush, hoping to gain their favor and convince them to accept a surrender. The Chinese sent archers to the gates of their camp, and when Pa-so and his men charged in, they were surrounded and shot with several arrows. Pa-so was able to return to Ansi fortress before dying of his wounds in Yang's arms.